PITTSBURGH – Two men imprisoned for beating a woman 15 years ago have been ordered to stand trial on homicide charges now that she has died, allegedly from the old wounds. Shawn Sadik, 35, and Stevenson Rose, 43, are serving 15- to 30-year prison sentences for the beating of Mary …
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NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Erik Dobratz, whose father was among five workers killed in last week’s Connecticut power plant explosion, remembers the day in eighth grade when his father showed up at a baseball game with an eye patch on. That was typical of Raymond Dobratz Jr., 58, a pipefitter …
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CARTHAGE, Mo. – Carthage, Mo., police are looking for an 8-month-old boy taken from his home by two masked men. Authorities issued an Amber Alert for Eddie Salazar after he was taken Thursday night. He is about 20 pounds, with dark hair and brown eyes. Carthage police say two men …
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PARIS – A French support group said Friday that it will seek equal compensation for the families of French victims of the crash of Air France Flight 447 after a Brazilian judge awarded more than $1 million for a Brazilian who died in the flight from Rio de Janeiro to …
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This is a rush transcript from “On the Record,” May 14, 2010. This copy may not be in its final form and may be updated. GRETA VAN SUSTEREN, FOX NEWS HOST: Right now, former Alaska governor Sarah Palin goes “On the Record” right here in Washington. She is fired up …
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Babies are less likely to develop a respiratory or gastrointestinal infection if they are exclusively breastfed for at least 6 months, according to a Dutch study. These findings, reported in the journal Pediatrics, support the World Health Organization (WHO) recommendation that infants be breastfed exclusively for 6 months and support …
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President Obama campaign found plenty of enthusiasm among students in the 2008 presidential race, but 2010 is another year — and with seats to fill at a Tuesday rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, the Obama team took the step of sending an e-mail message to supporters in search of …
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WASHINGTON – A pilot program in Washington, D.C., to screen rail lines for explosives is one step administration officials say they have taken to boost rail security, but structural difficulties make train travel harder to protect than airways. Because of the few options for rail routes and the fact that …
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SAN FRANCISCO – In a sour economy like this, entrepreneurs inevitably dream up new ways to turn lemons into lemonade. At least that’s the motive behind a free software program called Layoff Tracker. Layoff Tracker can be planted on a Web site or a computer desktop to provide a running …
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WASHINGTON – As the Obama administration pursues more homegrown energy sources, a new government report faults energy production of all types — wind, ethanol and mountaintop coal mining — for contributing to steep drops in bird populations. The first-of-its-kind government report chronicles a four-decade decline in many of the country’s …
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